MR. JUN DUMAUG

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the

Philippines, is an island nation located in the Malay

Archipelago in Southeast Asia. The Philippines,

named after King Philip II of Spain, is the 72nd largest

country by area and the third largest English

speaking country in the world.

The Philippines lies between 116° 40’ and 126° 34’ E longitude and 4° 40’ and 21° 10’ North latitude.

It is composed of 7,107 islands and has a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers including about 298,000 square kilometers of land and about 2,000 square

kilometers of water.

It stretches about 1,850 kilometers surrounded by the Philippine Sea on the east, the South China Sea

at the west and the Celebes Sea on the south. Its nearby neighbors are Taiwan to the north, Malaysia

and Indonesia to the south, Vietnam to the west, China to the northwest and Palau is to the east

beyond the Philippine Sea.

The National Territory comprises the Philippine Archipelago with all the islands and waters

EMBRACED therein, and all other territories over which

the Philippines has SOVEREIGNTY OR JURISDICTION

Consisting of its TERRESTRIAL, FLUVIAL and

AERIAL DOMAINS, including its TERRITORIAL SEA,

THE SEABED, THE SUBSOIL, THE INSULAR SHELVES

and other SUBMARINE AREAS

The waters AROUND, BETWEEN and CONNECTING

the islands of the archipelago regardless of

their BREADTH and DIMENSIONS form part of the

INTERNAL WATERS of the Philippines

INLAND

WATERS

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HIGH SEAS

CONTIGOUS ZONE

HIGH SEAS FREEDOMS

SEA FLOOR

SUBSOIL BENEATH CONTINENTAL SHELF

CONTINENTAL SHELF EXTENSION

Low Water Baseline

ARCHIPELAGIC DOCTRINE